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The Telecom Digest for Mon, 30 Mar 2020
Volume 39 : Issue 75 : "text" format

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How to get Verizon and AT&T data-cap fees waived during the pandemic
Terrifying cellphone 'heat map' shows just how much people are still traveling
AT&T offering free wireless data to school districts for remote learning
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200329175209.GA5379@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:52:09 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: How to get Verizon and AT&T data-cap fees waived during the pandemic Verizon, AT&T waive mobile fees if you tell them pandemic hurt your finances. By Jon Brodkin Verizon Wireless and AT&T say they're both waiving mobile-data overage fees to help customers deal with the coronavirus pandemic, but the fees will not be waived automatically. Instead, Verizon and AT&T users have to contact the carriers' customer service and say they're experiencing pandemic-related financial hardship to get the fees dropped. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/how-to-get-verizon-and-att-data-cap-fees-waived-during-pandemic/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <B4790E80-7242-4142-9C34-4EDF173A821A@roscom.com> Date: 27 Mar 2020 00:33:05 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Terrifying cellphone 'heat map' shows just how much people are still traveling Terrifying cellphone "heat map" shows just how much people are still traveling Want to know where all those Florida spring breakers are now? https://www.dailydot.com/debug/cellphone-heat-map-coronavirus/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200329175458.GA5410@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:54:58 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: AT&T offering free wireless data to school districts for remote learning AT&T has announced that it is giving free wireless data to school districts to provide to students as they adjust to learning from home. https://www.katc.com/news/coronavirus/at-t-offering-free-wireless-data-to-school-districts-for-remote-learning -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 30 Mar 2020
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